-it picks up after episode 1 of season 4

Chapter 1

Brooke lied in her bed at Rachel's house just staring at the ceiling. She didn't want to end things with Lucas. She loved him with all her heart, but she couldn't trust him, especially now with all the other things happening to her. She didn't know if she could ever forgive him or Peyton for what they had done for the second time. It had crushed her to know that the two people she trusted whole-heartedly tore her heart into millions of pieces. But she still loved Lucas and that was the hard part. She was interrupted by Rachel walking in the door.

"Hey bitch." she sneered

"Hey whore."

"So are you just going to wallow over Lucas when there are plenty of other hot men out there." she paused "well maybe not at Tree Hill High, but there are some out there." she gave her devilish side smile she always did when talking about guys and sex.

Brooke, getting very offended, shot back "First off, I'm not wallowing, and second off, I don't want or need your advice."

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"I mean I don't need your advice considering your history with guys."

"Just because some insecure high school boy broke your heart by sucking face with your best friend does not mean you can take it out on me. I'm not the one who's making you cry yourself to sleep. I'm not the one who repeatedly cheated on you. Come to think of it, I'm the one who's letting you live here, so next time you feel like being a snobby bitch, take it out on someone who cares." and she grabbed her coat and slammed the door behind her, leaving Brooke staring at the door in disgust.


Lucas was at the River court shooting basketball when Peyton pulled up in her old convertible.

"Hey Luke."

"Hey" he said as the ball he just shot swooshed through the hoop.

"So Luke," she said catching the ball and throwing it back at him, "I was wondering if you would care to join me for an afternoon run to the music store. We could stand in the back and sing obnoxiously to the oldies." she said with a little begging near the end. Lucas just kind of looked at her, contemplating what to do in his head. "Oh come on, please Luke."

"Oh, alright." he gave in "I have nothing better to do."

"Haha real funny. Just get in the car smart ass." They shared a tiny smile as the walked toward the old car.

Haley was awoken by the shutting of a door. She just lied there frozen, wondering who the intruder was, when Nathan walked through the bedroom door.

"Mmmmm...it's just you" she smiled, hoping that he would crawl back in bed.

"Awww man. I was hoping to go run and come back before you woke up."

"What, and miss seeing your glistening chest, I don't think so." she smiled as he jumped on top of her and kissed her so sweetly. He then gave her a little kiss on the nose before getting off and heading to the bathroom.

"Where are you going oh lovely husband of mine?"

"I'm heading to the shower, why, want to join?"

"Of course" she said happily as she quickly uncovered herself and joyfully bounced to the bathroom as the door shut and nothing was heard except for giggles.

At the music store, Lucas and Peyton are searching through the abundant selection when Lucas comes across a CD that reminded him of a time Brooke and him were sitting in the backseat of his car. It had been cold outside and most of the windows had frost of them. They were curled up in each other's arms and neither of them wanted to be anywhere else. Peyton interrupted him from his glorious memory.

"What'cha thinking about?"

"What? Oh, nothing. I just um...lost this CD and was thinking about buying another copy." he responded, hoping she would believe him.

"Ok, well are you ready to go because I have some things I need to do."

"Yeah I'm ready, and I have some things I need to take care of too."

"Great, well do you want to catch up later?"

"Yeah, that sounds great."


There was a knock at the door as Brooke slowly stumbled to it to answer it. She opened the door to see a saddened Lucas standing in the doorway.

"What do you want?" she said so coldly it stabbed Lucas in the chest.

"Well, I was at the music store when I came across the Snow Patrol CD. You know that one that we were listening to when we were sitting in my car and..."

"Lucas, you can't just come over and talk about our history from when we were...when we were...well when we were whatever the hell we were and think that everything will be okay."

"Brooke, that's not what I was doing. The other night when I was given a chance to say something and all I said was ' I'm sorry ' well obviously that didn't work. So today when I saw that CD, it reminded me of how much I loved you, and still do, and want to be with you, no matter what."

"I still love you too Lucas, that's not the problem. The problem is that you hurt me Lucas and..."

"Brooke, I'm sorry that I kissed Peyton again. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you. And I'm sorry that I ever made you feel like I didn't want to be with you..."

As he continued to talk, Brooke just stared at him. She loved him so much it hurt. Could she forgive him and just be with him? He loved her, and she knew that, but did he love her more than Peyton? She continued to watch his lips as he continued to apologize for everything and told her how lovely she was. All of a sudden, she reached up and locked lips with Lucas. It was as much of a surprise to Brooke as it was to Lucas. They stood there kissing as Peyton drove by.

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